[YankeeBoy]

Dave, you could pink any color on your sample and someone will disagree with you. The actual color of a given aircraft would be dependent on what day in the life of the aircraft was being depicted. A week earlier or a week later and the color would have changed. My personal chioce for a well-faded aircraft would be RGB 215-166-147 or RGB 228-179-160.

The 98th Bomb Group had an application of USAAC Spec. 14109 Sand 26 (water-based) applied over the Olive Drab, retaining the Neutral Grey undersurfaces. the 35 B-24Ds of this group arrived at Ramat David, Palestine during the last two weeks of July, 1942 and went into action on the 1st of August.

Color Bulletins No.41 Amend. 1 added Sand 49 for use in North Africa and is slightly darker and more brown than Sand 26.

Specification No. 3-1 of April, 1942 replaced Sand 49 with Sand 306 (later replaced by Sand 616 in September, 1943.)

Again, unless one knows the color in which the aircraft was delivered and the locale and length of service it is merely silly to declare that one color is the "correct" one. You are already going "above and beyond' with your attempts at accuracy - so don't get too wrapped up in an unsolvable puzzle.